What is the job about?

• Sourcing qualified MRO and facility vendors.
• Negotiate with MRO suppliers to get a competitive price, on time delivery and qualified goods and service.
• Establish and manage cost saving goals for MRO material and facility purchasing.
• Manage the MRO, facility and service in different categories, set up the sourcing strategy for different categories.
• Monitor and evaluate vendor performance.
• Generate various analysis reports for assigned commodities.
• Collaborate with all other departments and suppliers to create a good solution for open and difficult issues.

Your main responsibilities:

Value based sourcing related activities:

• Responsible for Indirect Purchasing Goals.
• Indirect Purchasing Category Savings and cost avoidance
• Local Site Indirect category for MRO and facility Purchase Order Coverage

And facility Contract Coverage

• Responsible for local suppliers, tendering process (eRFI & RFQs and e-auctions), the creation and updating of contracts, price and contract negotiations and driving cost out activities.
• Responsible for keeping the Indirect Purchase Minimum payment days term, build the yearly roadmap based on Group Purchasing priorities in alignment with Production Plant priorities.

Category team:

• Participate in developing the Indirect Purchasing Strategies for key suppliers and relevant collaborative suppliers.
• Be part of a team of cross-functional key stakeholders between Plant with APAC Group Purchasing, and APAC Indirect Purchasing with Global Indirect Purchasing especially CoE.
• Develop supplier portfolio with a localization and site plant focus
• Drive projects or activities aligned with category strategy
• Operational Procurement Management related activities
• Accountable for Vendor master data (Shared service task with other stakeholders)
• Accountable for updating Purchasing conditions (Shared service task with other stakeholders)
• Support solving of suppliers or components related issues
• Act as Escalation point for plant according to escalation matrix
• Lead Purchasing tasks in temporary outsourcing due to capacity constraints

Supplier Relationship Management related activities:

• Responsible for Local suppliers:
• Monitor the performance of suppliers (e.g., on-time deliveries, quality).
• Prepare and participate in follow-up with suppliers on performance against target and agreed development activities.
• Follow up on improvement initiatives.
• Classification of suppliers.

What do you need to apply? 

We expect you have:

• Relevant commercial or technical education; Apprenticeship and job-related work experience or associate degree
• Good experience / background in sourcing, prior for experience in MRO and facility purchasing.
• Ability to read / understand drawings and technical requirement.
• With ERP experience. Strong analytical abilities.
• With good ISO9000 knowledge.
• Able to execute multiple assignments with competency to adapt in a changing environment.
• Must exhibit strong problem-solving skills with ability to make decisions executing sound judgment.
• Successful negotiation skills with proven track record of cost savings

We look forward to hearing from you.